Vehicle curtain fastener



C. S. APPLAS. VEHICLE CURTAIN FASTENER. APPLICATIQN FILED MAR.10, 192:.

1,422,513. v Patented July 11,1922.

ATTORNEY hill Fit? CLARENCE SQAIPELAS, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CURTAIN iFAS'lENER.

Application filed March 10, 1 921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE 5. Assess, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented a new and useful Vehicle Curtain Fastener,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vehicle curtain fasteners. l l

The object is to provide a fastener for vehicle curtains, suchas the curtains of automobiles, wherein the locking means carried by the curtain, maybe readily placed over the stationary holding. means carried by some part of the frame of the top or the body of the vehicle and caused to look therewith by manipulating a lever, which operation maybe easily effected by hand, and, by

a reversemovement of said lever, the parts are caused to separate for the purpose of rolling up the curtains in the usual manner.

Another object is to provide a locking means for engagement with the headed end of the holding post for the curtain, which locking means, by reason of'its eccentric mounting, may be caused to frictionally bear against the said post to prevent any rattling or relative movement of the co-acting parts and to prevent any accidental loosening of the locking lever.

A further object is to provide locking means for vehicle curtains which may be easily applied around the necessary hole in the curtain without the use of rivets, or screws and which will prevent any tearing of thecurtain or material wear ofthe parts under the more or less rough usage to which the device is subjected during use.

A full and complete understanding of the invention; may be obtained from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical'form of the invention, the latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changed and modified, so long as such changes or Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11, 1922. Serial No. 451,415.

t ain fastener, shown applied to a portion of a curtain, the parts being in locked positron;

Figure 2 is a similar view, the parts being shown in un-locked position;

Figure 3 is a rear elevation, the holding postbeing shown in cross section;

Figure 4 is a verticalsectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a portion of an ordinary vehicle curtain 1 which, at appropriate points adjacent to its border, is provided with suitable openings 2 for the passage of a headed stud or post 3 which may be carried by a portion 4 of the body of the frame of the vehicle top, as the case may be.

Arranged upon the front and the rear sides of the curtain 1, and in surrounding relation to the opening 2 therein, are similar plates 5 and 6 respectively, having substantially at their center alined openings 7 preferably of equal area to the opening 2 in the curtain, all of the openings being of a diameter somewhat greater than the diameter of the post '3, and of suflicient size to permit the passage of the head 8 of the post, as clearly shown in Figure 4 of the drawing.

The front and rear plates 5 and 6, which are identical in form andconstruction and preferably of general rectangular formation, being square at the bottom and side edges with the top edge of semi-circular contour, and the'same may beformed of brass, nickel or some other non-corrosive sheet metal. At thelower corners, which are rounded as shown, and at spaced, opposite points around the upper semi-circular portion of each of the plates 5 and 6, slits 9 are provided in spaced relation to the adjacent edges, though the said slits may be otherwise arranged.

A plate 9 of similar contour to the front and rear plates 5 and 6, though of somewhat smaller dimensions and having a continuous, marginal flange 10 extending around its entire periphery, is adapted to be placed against the outer face of the outer plate 5 and to be centrally located thereon with the free edge of the said flange 1O bearing against the plate 5. Tongues 11 formed integrally with the flanged plate 9 are so located thereon as to be in position to pass and through the aforesaid slits 9 in the front and rear plates 5 and 6., the said tongues being bent over, as shown, to hold the several plates together in position on the curtain.

The raised flanged plate 9 is provided with a centrally located opening 12 in registering relation to the several openings in the plates 5 and 6 and the curtain 1. and of equal diameter therewith so as to permit the passage of the enlarged head 8 of the post 3, as clearly illustrated in Figure l of the drawin.

lilounted upon the outer face of the elevated plate 9" and directly over the opening 12, is an eccentrically pivoted button or disc 13, whose peripher Y normally overrides the said opening 12, the pivot 14; thereof being in the form of a rivet having its inner end headed over against the inner face of the raised plate 9 and located directly above the center ofthe opening 12. The disc 13 is ing outwardly from. thecenter thereof and in radial relationv thereto, the said arm terminating in an inivardly-turned extension 16 which is adapted .to strike against the aforesaid flange 10 of the elevated plate 9, at the right or the left, as the button or disc is turned about its'axis.

At right angles to the operating arm 15, the periphery of the disc 18 is provided with a cut-out portion 1'7 struck on a curve coinciding? with the curvature of the opening 12, though of slightly greater radius than the same, and this cut-out 17 is located in that portion. of the eccentric disc having the smaller radius, so that, when the operating arm 15 is swung'to the right, as viewed in Figure 1, the cutout 17 is located at the top thereof and the increasing diameter of the said disc is acting upon the upper side of the post 3, after the same has been introduced through the several openings aforesaid to crowd the post downwardly against the bottom of the openings, whereupon the head 8 of the post will effectually prevent the disengagement of the curtain from its locked position upon sa1d post.

By turning the disc 13, as indicated in provided with an operating arm. 15 extend- Figure 2 of the drawing, until the inwardly turned extension 16 strikes the flange on that side of the device, the cut out portion 17 is brought into registering relation with the openings in the several plates and the curtain, whereupon the headed post may be freely withdrawn from, its locked engagement with the post,

In practice, the fastening device should be placed on the curtain so that the locking button or disc points toward the center of the curtain, for the curtain always draws from the center. This arrangement relieves the lockingdevice fromistrain and permits it to perform its only function of keeping being always in view and within reach to simplify said operation;

What is claimed is: a

In combination with a headed post or stud secured to a fixed part, a flrnged plate se cured to a movable part and provided with an opening for the passage of said'.post, a disk pivoted on the flanged plate and provided with an operating arm for rotating the disk, said disk having its peripheral edge normally engaging the post to prevent separation of the flanged plate from the post, and having a cut-out portion adapted to aline with. the post to permit separation of the parts, the free end of the operating arm engaging the flanged portion of the plate for either locking the disk in engaging or releasing position with the post. i

In testimony that I claiinthe foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature.

ours-Enos s. APPLAS. 

